One of the all-time best Cornwall Jr. A Colts goaltenders is already starting to make his mark in the NCAA, at Hobart College.

Liam Lascelle, 21, of Cornwall, is into his freshman season at the school in Geneva, N.Y., 65 kilometres southeast of Rochester, and he was recently honoured by the league the men’s hockey team plays in, the New England Hockey Conference.

Lascelle got the rookie of the week award, for his performance in a Statesmen 3-1 decision against New England College. He made 37 saves in the contest, allowing only a goal early in the second period.

After that, Lascelle shut the door on the opposition, stopping the final 22 shots he faced, to improve to 2-0-0 for the campaign, with a 1.50 goals against average and .955 save percentage.

In Hobart’s most recent game, the nationally 12th-ranked Statesmen on Saturday won a road game, 6-3 at Babson College in Massachusetts.

The win in the Boston area gave Hobart a 6-3-0 overall record for the campaign, and a veteran member of the Statesmen squad is off to a very good start to the season, with Williamstown’s Lawson MacDougall having collected four goals and seven assists for 11 points in nine games.

MacDougall, in his third (junior) season at Hobart, is second in team scoring.

The Colts and Central Canada Hockey League announced late in June that Lascelle had committed to Hobart College.

Lascelle in 2017-18 earned CCHL top goaltender honours, while also being named to the league’s first all-star team and all-graduate squad.

In 50 starts for Cornwall, Lascelle had a record of 27-17-3 and a goals against average of 2.72. Lascelle last year had a .927 saves percentage and four shutouts. In 137 career CCHL starts, all with his hometown Colts, Lascelle compiled a record of 78-42-6 and made over 4,000 saves.

Hobart is on the road this weekend, for a pair of NEHC games, first taking on Suffolk College in Boston on Friday night. The next afternoon, the Statesmen are in Providence, R.I., to face Johnson & Wales.

Brett Ouderkirk, a 21-year-old freshman forward from Monkland at NCAA Division III Norwich University in Vermont, was recently named the league’s player of the week.

Ouderkirk had a breakout offensive weekend, scoring three goals and adding three assists for six points, on the way to earning PrimeLink Great Northern ShootOut most valuable player honours.

Ouderkirk at the event scored his first two collegiate goals to help Norwich upset national number-two ranked Adrian College in the semifinal round. The next day, he scored and added two helpers in a 5-1 win over Middlebury.

The event was played at the Cadet’s home rink, Kreitzberg Arena, in Northfield, Vt., and it was the 10th time that Norwich has won the competition.

The former Seaway Valley Rapids and Eastern Ontario Wild minor hockey forward skated last season in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, lining up for the Markham Royals.

Ouderkirk had a great 2017-18 campaign, scoring 23 goals for the Royals and adding 47 assists, for 70 points in 54 contests.

The previous year with Markham, Ouderkirk had 27 points in 54 outings.

Remi Elie, the National Hockey League forward from Green Valley, this year is skating for what appears to be a very strong team.

The Buffalo Sabres are 17-7-3, and near the top of the Atlantic Division, currently just behind Tampa Bay and Toronto in the Atlantic Division.

But being on a powerhouse squad can have its drawbacks – Elie got back into the lineup a week ago, after being a healthy scratch for Buffalo’s previous 10 contests.